Marvin Hagler vs Bobby Watts 1 // Controversial Decision // Highlights

Marvelous Marvin Hagler 157 lbs lost to Bobby Watts 156 lbs by MD in round 10 of 10 Date: 1976-01-13 Location: Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. “It might not have been the worst decision of all time, but it was a pretty bad one,“ said J. Russell Peltz, the fight’s promoter. “Welcome to Philadelphia, Marvin Hagler!“ read the headline in the next morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer. The Boston Globe reported: “Marvin the invincibility of Philadelphia’s middleweights, but he didn’t count on the ineptitude of the local judges.“ “They expressed their opinions. I may have scored it differently. We may have a problem and I’m going to solve it.“ -Pennsylvania boxing commissioner, Howard McCall, after meeting with the judges. “That’s why boxing has a bad name. I never saw anything like it. He didn’t take a round from me. All he did was a girl.“ -Marvin Hagler “I’ve been judging since 1954. In all those years I’ve never seen a reporter agree with me. Maybe Watts was bleeding, but from where I saw it, he had the most effective blows. That’s why I gave him six rounds.“ -Judge Earl Vann